DENVER — Randy Boyum has been playing with clay for more than 40 years. "I dabbled in clay animation as a 12-year-old in the mid-1970’s, producing a few truly horrible short films," Boyum, now 58, ...

Last Friday, UK’s The Telegraph reported that Aardman Animations is currently experiencing a clay shortage after their clay supplier closed down earlier this year. The stop-motion studio reportedly ...

Aardman Animations have assured fans they will not run out of modelling clay following reports of stocks drying up. It was reported over the weekend that the stop-motion studio behind Wallace and ...

IT WOULD DRIVE ME absolutely batty. Every waking minute day after day, week after week, month after month is spent moving parts of miniature clay figures, tiny fractions of an inch at a time. Such is ...

It’s a summer night in 1973. Two young animators are in a basement in Northwest Portland, experimenting with stop-motion clay animation. It’s an experiment that will soon revolutionize the animation ...

The legendary stop-motion house said it has been working for "quite some time" to secure new modeling clay suppliers before current pipelines dry out. From pandemic-induced supply chain backlogs to ...

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...

The latest stop-motion animated movie made by Aardman Animations is now playing in cinemas in the UK, and opens in theaters in the US in just a few weeks (starting February 16th). Early Man is their ...

Stop-motion cartoons may seem a bit old school for a super-high-tech graphics event like SIGGRAPH. But the brains behind 'Shaun the Sheep Movie' are there to offer a warning: "Danger if you take ...

There are times of the year where I wish I was a kid again. The holiday season is definitely one of those times. While there are many reasons why it would be great to be a child during the next month ...